Device for holding bottles, mail, and the like.



L0. PEDERSON 5; R. WILLIS. DEVICE FOR HOLDING BOTTLES, MAIL, AND THE LIKE.

APPLICATION FILED OOT. 8, 1909. RENEWED APR. 10, 1912.

1,032,497,, Patented Jul y16, 1912.

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Specification of Letters Ifatent.

Application filed October 8, 1909, Serial No. 521,706; -Renewed April 10, 1912. Serial No. 689,902.

To all whomit may concern;

Be it known that We, Louis C. PEDEItSON aIId ROBERT WILLIS, citizens of the United States, residing at Philadelphia, 'in the county of Philadelphia and State of Penn sylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Devices for Holding Bottles, Mail, and the Like, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in devices designed for holding milk bottles, mail and the like being designed to be readily attached or supported in any desired place as upon a door or some part of a building or other fit support and adapted to hold or retain milk bottles, loaves of bread or other packages left by the milk man, bread man or grocer or other person I where it is desired to leave packages without the necessity of the occupants of the house going to the door.

It has for a further object to provide in connectionwith the same suitable means for protecting the; packages from the weather as well 'as concealing the same from observation of the passerby.

It has for a further object to provide simple and yet efficient means whereby the door 7 or other object to which the device is attached is prevented: from being marred or otherwise injured.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will hereinafter appear and the novel features will be particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

The invention in its preferred form is illustrated in the accompanying, drawings,

which, with the numerals of reference part of this'specification and; in which, 1

Figure 1 is a top plan view of our improved device with the upper portion thereof omitted. Fig.2 is a perspective view showing the device in use.

Like numerals of reference indicate like parts throughout the several views.

Referring to the drawings, the device is cqnstructedpreferably of wire or analogous material and is composed of a top member 2, a bottom member 1- and ends 3. Rising from the bottom and disposed 'within the space between the back andends are the v baskets or holders 4 of wire or the like, have ping of 'wire 5, while the adjoining center s m n 7 STATES PATENT? OFFICE.

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or any'other suitable object, this small basket being united to the adjoining members of the holder 4: by means of suitable wrappings of wire as seen in 10'and furtherby means of wrappings 11 to the adjoining holders 12, which in front are secured to the front ends of the sides 3, by wrapping's 13 and to the adjoining portions of holders 4 by similar wrappings' 14:. The holders 12 are substantially semi-circular or slightly more than semi-circular, being open at the front ends as seen at 15, the said holders being sufiiciently resilient so that when a loaf of bread or the like 16, is placed therein,

the free ends 17 will grasp the said loaf of bread .or other article and hold it firm as seen 1n Fig. 2 without however, injury thereto.

Rising from the back are the supporting members 18 of wire or the like, terminating in a loop 19 by which the device may be secured over a nail or other suitable device 20, as shown in Fig. 2.

Extending from the supporting members 18 at a suitable distance above the top of the basket are the downwardly inclined portions 21,01": wire or the like, the free ends of which terminate in a hook 22, which serves as means for holding a newspaper 23, mail matter or any other advantageous articles.

' In order to prevent injury to the door or other part of the building'to'which the device may be attached we provide buffers or blocks 24. of rubber or analogous material, which project-from the back 2 of the device as seen clearly in Fig. 1, being held in any suitable manner and adapted to engage the door or other support to prevent marring thereof.

In order to protect and shield the articles placed in the device from the weather and dust as well as from view,.'we provide a spring roller 25, of any well known form, supported in suitable brackets or bearings 26 at the outer ends of the outwardly inclined wires or other members 27, as seen clearly in Fig. 2, upon which is wound a dotted lines in Fig. 2; to cover up the de vice and whatever is placed therein.

Modifications in detail may be resorted to withoutdeparting from the s irit of the invention or sacrlficin'g any its advan- $18.13 is claimed as new is:

' 1. A package holder consistin of a wire basket having three sides, bott e supporting means fixed to said basket, said bottle supporting. means adapted to hold the sides of said basket against spreading.

2. A. package holder consisting of a basket having three sides, bottle supportin means fixed thereto, spring clips fixed to t e ends of two sides of said basket, and to said bottle supporting means, saidclips and bottle supporting means adapted to hold said side 4 fixed thereto, spring chps fixed to t e ends of two sides of-said basket, and to said bottle supporting means, said clips and bottle su porting means adapted to hold said si e I ends against spreading,;a supporting means for said basket, said supporting means provided with means for holding a screen over said basket.

In testimony whereof we aflix our signatures, in presence of two witnesses,

"LOUIS c. PEDERSON.

ROBERT WILLIS.

Witnessesi GEORGE HENRY RUEPPEL, ALBERT LAVINE LoRcH. 

